Anthrax Vaccine Immunization
Program - The Official DoD Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP)
Web Site. Your definitive source for information about anthrax - the
disease, the threat, the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine and the
implementation of the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program. A reference
guide for our troops, their families and friends to help understand the
AVIP and its importance as a part of Total Force Health Protection.

Bioterrorism Preparedness and
Response - Information from the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention agency that provides current news, emergency contacts,
biological agents. learning resources, and official statements on
biological terrorism.

Center for Civilian
Biodefense Studies - The Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian
Biodefense Studies fosters the development of national and international
medical and public health policies and structures to protect the
civilian population from bioterrorism.

Chem-Bio Resource Center
- Information, handbooks, FAQs, and documents released by the U.S.
government and other organizations related to chemical and biological
terrorism.

FEMA -- Preparedness - US
Federal information tasked with supporting state and local government
programs for prepare for and respond to a chemical, radiological or
other hazardous materials emergencies. Includes program information,
news, contacts, and handbooks.

Medical NBC Online -
Nuclear Biological and Chemical medical information from the Office of
the Surgeon General of the Army. Includes news, medical references and
handbooks, training, calendar, glossary.

National Domestic Preparedness Office
- FBI department that coordinates federal efforts to assist state and
local emergency responders with planning, training, equipment, and
exercise needs necessary to respond to a weapon of mass destruction
incident.

Anthrax
Vaccine Benefit versus Risk - Official documents, position papers,
field experience reports and opinions providing evidence for the
position that the compulsory anthrax vaccine is both illegal and
unjustified.

Anthrax
Vaccine Plagues the Military - Site describes the illnesses linked
to the anthrax vaccine and why Major Sonnie Bates refused to accept the
military's mandatory anthrax vaccine program.

Australian Vaccination Network
- "A parent's right to choose what's best for their child...some would
say that this is one of the most basic rules of any civilised society.
Yet governments all over the world have abridged or denied the right to
free choice when it comes to vaccination for our children or ourselves.
The AVN is working to help parents take back that right to free and
informed choice by allowing them to see both sides of this issue before
making a decision."

Many Adults Not Immune to Tetanus - New research from the University
of Florida shows that many senior citizens in America are not immune to
tetanus, suggesting that they are failing to comply with immunization
guidelines recommending tetanus boosters at 10-year intervals throughout
adult life.

AfghanRadio.com -
Broadcast outlet in the Washington D.C. and San Francisco Bay areas.
Current news, interviews, letters, poetry, humor, and links to other
websites related to Afghanistan or its culture.

'Why
do they hate us?' (csmonitor.com) - Worldwide Gallup polls.
Interviews with Muslims from many lands stress insensitivity to killings
by US and Israel. "The US applies justice and fairness to its own people,
but not abroad".

New York Blood Center: New York Blood Center has announced a blood
emergency for the greater New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. All
eligible donors are urged to make a blood donation at donor sites in
Manhattan at 310 East 67th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues) and 150
Amsterdam Avenue (66-67th Streets); in Brooklyn at 120 Lawrence Street
near MetroTech; on Staten Island at 1625 Forest Avenue; on Long Island at
2500 Marcus Avenue in Lake Success, 3125 Veterans Highway in Bohemia; 333
Merrick Road in Rockville Centre and Route 110N in Melville/Huntington; at
167 New Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey; and 525 Executive Blvd. in
Elmsford in Westchester. For more details on available donor locations,
call 1-800-933-2566. Hours at all sites have been extended until further
notice.

American Red Cross: Donate blood: the
latest information on the site says: "The American Red Cross is doing
everything we can to ensure the immediate availability of the safest
possible blood... We are also dispatching hundreds of trained disaster
workers and mental health counselors to New York, Washington D.C. and
elsewhere." Donors who wish to give blood in the coming days to replenish
the nation's blood supply are encouraged to call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to make
an appointment. If you can't get through by phone, try
searching for a local Red Cross office, by Zip code.

United Airlines Assistance Center: United has set up a help team for
family and friends of passengers onboard United Flight 93 or United Flight
175. The toll-free phone number for families in the US to call is
1-800-932-8555.

Nationwide Closures: Also from the Washington Post, a list of affected
services, including air travel, military facilities, and stock exchanges.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Normally dealing with
emergencies such as storms, floods and environmental disasters, FEMA has
information on coping with the impacts of disaster (how to get crisis
counseling, where to find a place to stay, if you have lost a loved one).
The site is posting
updates specific to today's terrorist attack.

Talking With Kids: Great advice on how to talk with your children to
help them understand what has happened, how to cope with their feelings,
fears and anxieties. With good links to news sources for kids.

The FBI has a state of the art, online computer
database known as the Terrorist Information System containing information
on suspected terrorist groups and individuals. The system has over 200,000
individuals and over 3,000 organizations or enterprises. The individuals
indexed include not only subjects of investigations but also known or
suspected members of terrorist groups, associates, contacts, victims and
witnesses. The organizations or enterprises include not only terrorist
groups but also affiliated organizations or enterprises. TIS allows the
FBI to rapidly retrieve information and to make links between persons,
groups or events.

Excerpts from Freeh's comments included: "The
threat of terrorism to the United States remains a concern. Over the past
five years, the level of acts committed in the United States have
increased steadily. There were two known or suspected terrorist acts
recorded in the United States in 1995, three in 1996, four in 1997, five
in 1998, and 12 in 1999. The 12 known or suspected acts in 1999 included
two separate acts committed by lone domestic extremists in California and
Indiana/Illinois, eight acts attributed to animal rights and environmental
extremists, one bombing incident believed carried out by separatists in
Puerto Rico, and one arson incident possibly committed by animal rights
extremists or anarchists in Washington State. In addition to the 12 known
or suspected terrorist acts in 1999, seven planned acts of terrorism were
prevented in the United States during the year."

The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)
will most likely take over the coordination of all of this--as FEMA has
always planned to do in the event of a national attack.
http://www.fema.gov/nwz01/nwz01_91.htm

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